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The top hotel pipeline cities in Canada at the close of the second quarter are led by Toronto, Vancouver, and Niagara Falls. Plus, more hotel deals and development news.

Overseas visitor volume to the U.S. in April was up modestly year-over-year. Plus, LVMH sells its only U.S. hotel, and a lot of other hotel development news.

Hyatt sells $2B Playa resort portfolio to Tortuga, partly backed by private equity firm KSL. Plus: Goldman exits $100m Greek project.

Exclusive Resorts reached a strategic agreement with Accor to take a significant minority stake in the French hotel giant’s OneFineStay luxury vacation rental brand.

U.S. hotel RevPAR was down by -0.1% year over year in April. The Easter shift, geopolitical/tariff impact, were blamed for the sluggish month. Group RevPAR was down -2%.

If Alexico Group wants to sell the Mark Hotel in New York City, it may have a significant offer awaiting. Plus other hotel development news.

Global hotel industry shows mixed regional growth with new developments despite economic challenges in 2025.

Hotel industry analysts at Baird expressed caution about softening March demand trends, noting that U.S. RevPAR growth is tracking over 200 basis points below initial expectations.

In 2025,STR and Tourism Economics forecast moderate RevPAR growth across Europe (2.4%), Asia Pacific (4.7%), the Middle East (2.8%), and the U.S. (1.8%), driven by market shifts and supply dynamics.

The Canadian hotel industry is rebounding from pandemic lows thanks to blockbuster events like Taylor Swift’s tour, tighter short-term rental rules, and large-scale investments in new hotel developments.